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Unsuitably Awkwardly Difficulty Disadvantage Phrase Arose Reference Apothecary's

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Description placed unsuitably or awkwardly

in difficulty or at a disadvantage

This phrase perhaps arose with reference to an apothecary's boxes, from which a mistaken choice might have provided poison instead of medicine. placed unsuitably or awkwardly

in difficulty or at a disadvantage

This phrase perhaps arose with reference to an apothecary's boxes, from which a mistaken choi

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